Ice-cream disher



May 15, 192sy 1,669,703 H. D. FLEGEL ICE CREAM DI SHER Filed Aug. 22, 1925 Patented May 15, 1928.

g muren STATES Patrie-NT"OFFICF..v

HARRISON :o. ELEGEn OE RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORTO ARNOLD ELECTRIC COMPANY, OE RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

ICE-CREAM DIsHEB.

Appncation mea August 22, 1925,. serial No. 51,741.

This invention relatesto ice cream dishers.

One Iof the objects ofthe invention is to provide an improved icecream disher.

Another object is to provide a disher which is simple, compact, reliable and rusged- Another Objectis to provide a disher with few exposed moving parts.

Another object is .to provide a disherl section on the line disher chosen to illustrate one embodiment ofthe. invention consists in general of two separable units. One unit which may be termed the operating unit includes a bowl and amovablerscraper therefor, and the mechanism for moving the scraper in the bowl to free ice cream therefrom. The other unit comprises a hand` grip whereby the operating unit may be held and manipulated by onehand of the operator. l

The operating unithas a substantial hemispherical metal bowl 5 to one side of which is secured a tubularmetal supportinghandle section 6. The handle section 6 has a collar 7 secured thereto by suitable means such as solder', and the collar 7 `has integrally formedv therewith a bowl embracingflange 8. Flange 8 is curved to Vfitupon a portion of bowl v5 and is rigidlyattached thereto.by suitable meanssuch as solder, rivets or spot welds. A. thin metallic and preferably somewhat. resilient scraper 9 is pivotally mounted within bowl 5i soA that itjmay be moved forth and back over the inner surface thereof to loosen the ice cream therefrom. y A rivet 10, passing through the outer end of scraper 9 land loosely through a hole in the bowl, serves as one pinion or trunnion for the scraper. The inner end of scraper 9 is anchored to an operating shaft section 11 which has a bearing-itwithin the outer end of handle section A6. The 'preferred manner of anchoring the scraper to the shaft section is to slot the end ofsection 11 and, after placing the scraper in the slot, to rivetover or upset upon the, scraper the projections which lie on Opposite sides of the slot'as most clearly kshown in Figure 3.

The drivingforvoperating shaftl of the scraper is completed by a rod 12 which is rigidly secured to the enlarged section 11 and which extends through and projects beyond the opposite end of handle section 6.

A pinion 13 is rigidly secured to 4the pro.

jecting end of rod 12.` A scraper operating handle in the form of a toothed rack bar 14.- is adapted to engage-pinion 13 so as'to rotate the same. A rectangular vhousin'g, 15 which extends substantially .atright angles to handle section 6 and projectsbeyond each side thereof, has a latterly extending tubular boss 16 which fits within and is rigidlyA secured to handle section 6 by solder or other suitable means This housing has4 a chambered .lug 17 projecting therefrom to form a recessI for pinion 13 and it encircles rack bar .14 so `as to provide a-slideway therefor and hold the rack teeth in mesh with the pinion teeth. A retractible spring 18 surrounds rod 12 andhas one end19` secured thereto.v The other end 2O of spring 18 lies aroundVK and is ,secured to a reduced end. 21 of" boss 16,.v lConsequently, when housing 15 is held stationary, the rotation of the scraper shaft in one direction will wind up thespring andthuscondition it to` return the scraper when' its operating handle is released. .v ,l n The bowl, the tubular handle section, the scraper with itsshaft, retractible spring and pinion, the operating handle or rack bar and the pinion and rack bar. housing constitute an operatin'g runit vto which the grip unit maybe attachedito form a complete disher.

The gripy unit consists of two complementary sections 25 and26 formed from suitable material such as wood or preferablyv cast aluminum. f Section 25 is formed. with a channeled boss" 27 extendingtransversely thereof for accommodating the rectangular part of housing 15,.while grip ysection 2G is provided with a recessed projection 28 for accommodating the curved pinion lug 17 of the pinion housing. Each grip section is provided with a Substantial hemicylindrical longitudinally extending slot lfor the `aeconfimodation of handle v sect-ion 6. i

When the two grip sectionsl are placed about the tubular handle section and theupinion'and ra'clbarhou'sing, they are clamped 'together by screwsmQQ. -In order to facilitate the operation of the rack bar by the fingers ofu tating the `pinion scra-pershalit and scraper.

and 'tensioning the retractible spring. vWVhen theoperatinlg vsh'aft has been thus i'oreed to the limit 'off its stroke `and the scraper has traveled completely over the inner sari-afee oi thefbowl, the operator opens his-liaridwhereupon the retractible spring 'vretfurnfsthe mov-- ing parte to "their nornal-pfositionl Having thus illustrated and described one embodiment 'of 'myV invention, what 'If-'claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States isf: l

-l-. An ice cream disher comprising favsupporting'handle having a bowl at one eiid Vand al hand `grip at the lother end, Inova-ble scraperfior the bowl, a scraper -opier'alting mechanism normally :projecting from one side only :of `said grip inthe center portion thereof and adapted to be actuated -by clos"- ing the fingers towards the palm, andfirie'ans for Vcomm'unicating the y'In'overiients fof the eratin'g handle-to the scraper.

2.y An ice crewmr'disher comprising -a bowl,

a tubular handle section attached att one end to Ltl'ie bowl, a vgrip a'ttaehed to "the other end of thefhandle sectioi'i,l a movable scraper "for the bowl, a scraper joperating shaft 'eitending through the handle section and into the grip, apin-ionon the 'shaft inthe grip, and a plunger movable back and forth in Ithe grip substantially mid-way between its ends and (3o-operating with the pinion to actuate 4the shaft and vscraper. y

" '3. In an i'ce cream dis'her the combination 4of a bowl, a movable scraper ,for thebowl,

- a driving shaft for the scraper, a handle for the bowl 'comprising a hollow 'section through which the shaft extends and a grip, :a pinion on the shaft in the grip, aplungerinovable transversely to the shaft and through the grip between its ends,driving connections whereby movement of thje plunger iny sone direction drives the 'shaft' and scraper, and a torsion spring for returning the shaft, scraper and plunger. ,i

In an ice cream dishe'r the. combination of-a bowl, a hollow handle section attached to the bowla scraperl for the bowl, an loperating shaft attached to the scraper andextending through the handle section, a pinionjon the shaft, a spring for driving the shaft and scraper in one direction and located *in the 'handleffsecti'om ya grip attached to the two the bowl and anathema the than, a lack manually movable v transverselyy through the gripnear its entral portion to drivethe pin,- ion, shaft and scraper in one direction, 'and a torsion spring to drive the rack, pinion shaft and scraper in the reverse direction.

6. In an ice cream disher, a bowl-,iascraper voperatively mounted in said howl, a. handle supporting said bowl, a hand gfp h-1 .mea-iig lfor vactuz'tt'ing said scraper,- inelfudirig 'factuafng member, Carriedl b5 jSaffi' grip ternera the ends thereof yand 'transversely slidtble relative to said handle. i Y

7;. Ania@ @renseignereoinprising-asbowi, 1

a tubular handle portion a-liXd 'tfsaid tbvvlf, a movable lscraper within 'said kbowl `and a Scraper operating Shaft withinfsaid narrate, a pinion mounted on' said shaft-,f :a two-part 'grip surrounding the'en'd'of said handle portfi'om one part of said grip vbeingtransversely fgrooved for the receptionof a rack andthe other partjoi saidgripjbeing' formd vvit .fa substantially 'semi-circular recess :tor the re'a ception of said pinion on thescraper oper@ ting' shaft, va rectangula'r metal housing fitting wthn'the Arecess in the rst-namedvpart of said grip and having al chambered 'lug depending therefrom for receivingV said pinion, extending intothe other art of the grip, a rack extending transverse y through 'said grip'within s'aid .housing fand* i'nnesli vwith 'said piniomjsaid rack beingv provided with meansadapted tto begrasped bythe vfingersv in the-.operation 'ofvjdishingice cream,

and a ltorsion springsurrofundi'n'grrr said shaft i for returning the shaft, scraper' and-"rackfto initial position after adishi'ng.vcljfyeiation.V

In witness whereof, I hereuntofsubseribe my name this 14th Aday 'of Aligiist, :19255, y

HARRISON n., rSendaii.'v t 

